by Katherine Villyard | Oct 5, 2023 | selling fiction
So, uh… I intended to have a giveaway on Kobo, Barnes and Noble, and Apple books… but Amazon price-matched me. Hey, I’m cool with that! As a freebie, my book is pretty popular. Like, #4 in Science Fiction Anthologies (Kindle Store) and #10 in Fantasy...
by Katherine Villyard | Sep 22, 2023 | geekiness, written for nontechnical friends
I’m so glad you asked! 😀 So, of all the Twitter clones–let’s not get into Twitter, shall we?–the current top three are Mastodon, Bluesky, and Threads. I don’t have a Threads account so I can’t speak to whether it’s any good or...
by Katherine Villyard | Sep 18, 2023 | sale
Do you want a copy of my short story collection for a very low price? Love Stories will be on sale until the end of the month. Grab it while it’s cheap!
by Katherine Villyard | Sep 9, 2023 | novels
Hilariously, there is a part of my author brain that insists that my book is AMAZEBALLS and will be deeply beloved by anyone who reads it. It is clearly untrue that my book is for everyone and this is okay. (So far, my book seems to be for people over 30 who love cats...
by Katherine Villyard | Aug 4, 2023 | novels, vampires
Vampires are interesting! They’re the most “human” monster, and they usually represent what society fears. Look at the OG: Dracula. (He’s not the first vampire in English literature–Polidori’s The Vampyre, our lesbian queen...
by Katherine Villyard | Aug 1, 2023 | giveaways
Do you want a free paperback of Love Stories? If you’re on Goodreads, you can enter the giveaway here. And if you’re not on Goodreads, why not? 😀 You can follow me on Goodreads, and I really do hang out there… There are only five copies available...
by Katherine Villyard | Jul 26, 2023 | reading, vampires
In light of continued fun and games with social media, well. You know. BTW, still open to social media suggestions. Tell me where you hang out! But I digress. Some of my favorite authors! People ask me about my favorite authors a lot, and I usually have the same...
by Katherine Villyard | Jul 18, 2023 | novels
All Abraham has ever wanted is connection: connection to his family, connection to his Jewish faith and community, and connection to an audience with whom he can share his love for the violin. But almost two hundred years ago, his musical patron turned him into a...
by Katherine Villyard | Jul 13, 2023 | novels, press
Quick Aside: Locus briefly mentioned our reading at WisCon. So! Novel update! According to Scrivener, it’s 99,000+ words; according to Word it’s over 100,000 words. NICE! Where I am: So, I now have three POV characters, and the consistent feedback...
by Katherine Villyard | Jul 11, 2023 | life, the universe, and everything
This has been a vexed question for me for some time now! I asked a buddy who’s in marketing and she didn’t know, either. So, as some of you know, I deleted my first Facebook a few years ago. I really enjoyed it, but I was also very angry about Cambridge...